India to host 81 home games between 2019 and 2023
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BCCI has revealed that India will host 81 games, across all formats, in their next playing cycle between 2019 and 2023. After Virat Kohli expressed his reservations about the cramped scheduling, the board has reduced the playing days from 390 to just 306 in the upcoming 2019-23 cycle.
It was prior to the second Test match in Nagpur that Virat Kohli had launched a scathing attack on the BCCI for their poor scheduling stating that India had to prepare for South African conditions by modifying tracks at home against Sri Lanka. After the skipper's opinions were seconded by many former players and journalists, the board has been more careful with the schedule for the next cycle.
Kohli, along with MS Dhoni and Ravi Shastri, had met with the CoA to voice their concerns that could be discussed in the BCCI's General Meeting. In a Special Governing Body meeting, the Board of Control of Cricket, on Monday, has decided that India will play 81 home games in the 2019-23 cycle, although the number of playing days
Amitabh Choudhary, the acting secretary of BCCI had also acknowledged earlier that the Indian skipper and other team members’ opinions would be taken into consideration while discussing the future tours programme (FTP).
